The Bobbitt Family In America
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[26]James Washington Bobbitt was the third child and second son of William and Permelia (Cragg) Bobbitt. James was born in 1824 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. He was a grandson of James and Rebecca (Day) Bobbitt of Grayson County Virginia.
On July 30, 1844, James Washington Bobbitt married Nancy Jane Edwards. The marriage is recorded in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
The family of James and Nancy (Edwards) Bobbitt was recorded in the 1850 census of Pulaski County. They were counted as family # 736, on July 24, 1850.
James Bobbitt 26 (1824) Kentucky
Nancy (Edwards) Bobbitt 28 (1822) Kentucky
Polly Bobbitt 6 (1844) Kentucky
Cyremis Bobbitt 4 (1846) Kentucky
Pamela Bobbitt* 2 (1848) Kentucky
Rachel Edwards** 20 (1830) Kentucky
*The census taker misunderstood this name, it is Permelia, the same as that of her grandmother. Rachel Edwards** was a sister of Nancy.
In 1855, James and Nancy Bobbitt moved from Pulaski County, Kentucky to Pettis County, Missouri. In 1860 the family was counted as living in Rosaletta, Pettis County. The census reads.
James Bobbitt 38 (1822) Kentucky
Nancy (Edwards) Bobbitt 38 (1822) Kentucky
Polly Ann Bobbitt 16 (1844) Kentucky
Cyrinus Bobbitt 13 (1847) Kentucky
Permelia Bobbitt 10 (1850) Kentucky
Martha Bobbitt 8 (1852) Kentucky
George Bobbitt 6 (1854) Kentucky
William Bobbitt 4 (1856) Kentucky
John Bobbitt 1 (1859) Missouri
Living in the next house, was the family of George W. Lee, who married, Elizabeth Bobbitt, a sister of James. The family was # 617.
George W. Lee 38 (1822) Kentucky
Elizabeth (Bobbitt) Lee 38 (1822) Kentucky
William Lee 17 (1843) Kentucky
Charles Lee 15 (1845) Kentucky
Nancy Lee 12 (1848) Kentucky
John Lee 10 (1850) Kentucky
Mary Lee 5 (1855) Kentucky
Emma Lee 2 (1858) Missouri
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